Konstantinou government
Konstantinou Cabinet | |
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 Piraea10th Cabinet of Piraea | |
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| Date formed | 2022 October 2 |
| People | |
| Presidency of Piraea | Stella Davakis 2022-2023 Andreas Milenkos-Vallou 2023- |
| Premier | Georgios Konstantinou |
| Deputy Premier |
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| No. of ministers | 18 |
| Member party | People's Party Novalian People's Party |
| Opposition party | Piraese Socialist Workers Union |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Panopoulos government (2018-2022) |
The Konstantinou government (Piraese: Κυβέρνηση Κωνσταντίνου) is the tenth and current government of the Third Piraean Republic. It is led by the Premier and leader of the People's Party, Georgios Konstantinou, and was formed after the 2022 Piraean general election in which the People's Party was the most voted political party. The cabinet is represented by a minority in the Piraean Senate; counts with several members from the Novalian People's Party and was granted the confidence of a number of Senate members from Change the Humanist Centre and Democrats.
Piraean media outlets have described the cabinet as pro-Euclean integration and with a strong liberal vision in economic aspects, where it has also been seen as technocratic. In social issues, newspapers editorials have seen it as continator of the general line of the People's Party, although combining liberal with conservative policies. The Konstantinou government marked the return of the centre-right to the government of Piraea after 3 continuous centre-left governments. In the Senate it has not counted with the approbation from the far-right Homeland, which remained on the opposition, although the parties have voted together in numerous occasions.
Investiture
During the day month, the Presidency held talks with the leaders of the parties that achieved representation in the Senate. The following day, Stella Davakis announced that the mandate for confidence was given to Georgios Konstantinou. The leader of the People's Party led the investiture debate during day month, although without being granted the confidence of the legislature; a second debate was held the following week and the abstention of Change and Democrats enabled Konstantinou to form a government.
| Investiture Georgios Konstantinou (LK) | |||
| Ballot → | 30 September 2022 | 2 October 2022 | |
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| Required majority → | 61 out of 125 
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Simple majority 
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52 / 125
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53 / 125
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50 / 125
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50 / 125
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23 / 125
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22 / 125
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| Absentees | 0 / 350
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0 / 350
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| Sources: Piraean Senate | |||
Cabinet changes
Since its beginning, the Konstantinou's government has undergone the following changes:
- Following the 2023 Piraean regional elections, Georgios Konstantinou announced a reduction in the number of portfolios and a major change in the cabinet:
- The creation of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Function, with Nicholaos Pierrakis holding the portfolio.
- Industry and Competitiveness was merged with Economy; Marina Maniatalli was kept minister, while Thanassis Maniatopoulos returned to his seat in the Senate.
- Welfare and Equality was merged with Health.
- The Minister of Education, Maria Pia Rapti-Hatzidakis, returned to her seat in the Senate and the portfolio was merged with Culture, Sports, Youth and Higher Education, creating the Ministry of Education and Universities, Culture and Sports.
- Territorial Cohesion was merged with Development, which covered Territorial Cohesion and Infrastructure, Transport and Sustainable Mobility. Despina Scafidopoulou returned to her seat in the Senate and the Ministry was kept in hands of the Novalian People's Party.
- Fokionas Markoulis assumed the portfolio responsible of Migration and Diaspora and Aristeidis Callelis rennounced to continue his political activity.
- The Ministry of Ecological Transition and Environment was merged with of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Fishing and Food; it was renamed Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, with Alexandros Argyrides being kept as Minister, while Branislavos Anthopoulos returned to his seat in the Foinikas legislature.
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